Wednesday, April 29, 2009

San diego research Institutes, Biotechs to collaborate on Algae Biofuel

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leaders of the region's scientific, academic, biotechnology and political communities announced that they were forming the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology, or SD-CAB, to capitalize on this expertise.

Ponds circulated water filled with growing algae at a research facility in the Imperial Valley. (Jim Demattia)

Working together, the groups hope to attract much-needed money from federal and state governments to foster commercialization of algal fuel and other products.

“We already have a collaborative community of scientists and entrepreneurs that gave rise to a thriving biotechnology cluster in San Diego,” said Marye Anne Fox, chancellor of the University of California San Diego. “Now we want to focus on building a segment of that community to create biofuel and other products out of algae.”

The center, which will be virtual and not require a building, should help attract grants and other resources to the region, Fox said.

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